EGETÜRKİYE

Hundreds of rock tomb openings carved like bee hives into a red vertical mountain cliff wall.
Round Acropolis Cliff and Rock-Cut Hive Tombs at Pinara, Fethiye

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Ionia & AeolisCulture and memory

From Pinara Hive Tombs to Sidyma Heroon and Babadağ Peaks

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Linking Pinara's vertical acropolis hive tombs with Sidyma's 6-columned Roman Heroon and Babadağ's 1,965m sacred Mount Kragos peak, Lycia forged a masterpiece of rock art and mountain heritage.

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Long-form story · Culture and memory · A link to today · deniz-doga

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  • Ionia & Aeolis
  • Hellenistic era
  • Roman era
  • Ottoman era
  • The Aegean today

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